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Legal considerations

Disclaimer

Rockman.fr is, by no way, affiliated to a commercial or industrial company. Rockman.fr has no commercial activity, doesn't manufacture any commercial goods and provides no intellectual service. The objective of this website is purely to promote the image of the gear designed by Scholz Research and Development (SR&D) between 1980 and 1994, in the most respectful manner to the work accomplished by the people involved then and since.

The data, information and material available from Rockman.fr aim at a better knowledge of the gear manufactured by SR&D.

Rockman.fr declines all liability in the event of gear malfunctioning or person injury after an intervention on SR&D, Rockman or other brand gear, based on information provided by Rockman.fr. Consequently, people wanting, needing or achieving service or modification on their musical gear do it at their own risk, at their free will and under their own responsibility.

Rockman.fr declines all liability in case someone considers he was robbed while buying or selling gear after reading material posted on Rockman.fr.

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Rockman.fr declines all liability for any harm which may result from consulting the information contained on other sites or in other sources of information in general, to which Rockman.fr may refer.

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In other terms, the information published on Rockman.fr must be considered as private life discussions between adults, and cannot be assimilated to public claims, possibly leading to lawsuit. If, for a reason or another, someone feels hurt by some information, concept, or point of view displayed on Rockman.fr, this person is invited to express his position by email to the Rockman.fr's webmaster, so that the proper corrective decision can be made immediately.

Copyright issues

Rockman.fr considers that intellectual property must be strictly respected. It's not only a legal or financial concern: it's a matter of courtesy and mutual respect, especially in this digital era where it's virtually possible to access and duplicate everything.

Rockman.fr is made of original material, unless otherwise specified. The graphics, the writing and the global structure of Rockman.fr were entirely created by the author.

Yet, errare humanum est : in case you recognise some material on Rockman.fr, if you can prove that this material is your intellectual property and was used here in a prejudicial way, email to the Rockman.fr's webmaster: the proper corrections will be made accordingly.

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Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that:

Copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage through distribution for profit of materials that are substantially all derived from Rockman.fr materials,
The Rockman.fr copyright notice appears, and
Notice is given that copying is by permission of Rockman.fr.

Trademarks and patents

Rockman is a trademark owned by Jim Dunlop Inc. (Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc.)

The products designed, developed and manufactured by SR&D, then Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. were or are protected by the following US patents:

Power Soak

Patent #	Title	Application	File date
US 4,143,245	Constant distortion volume control	Prototype	March 3, 1978
US D256,798	Constant distortion volume control unit	Prototype enclosure	March 3, 1978
US 4,363,934	Volume control device	Power Soak	June 2, 1980
US D270,153	Speaker volume control	Power Soak enclosure	Oct. 3, 1980

Rockman, Chorus/Doubler, Reverb

Patent #	Title	Application	File date
US 4,489,439	Electronic stereo reverberation device with doubler	Rockman	Sep. 20, 1982
US 4,509,191	Electronic stereo reverberation device	Rockman	Sep. 20, 1982
US 4,584,700	Electronic audio signal processor	Rockman	Dec. 27, 1982
US D284,580	Stringed instrument amplifier or the like	Rockman enclosure	Dec. 27, 1982
US 4,683,589	Electronic audio system	Bass Rockman	Nov. 27, 1985

Sustainor

Patent #	Title	Application	File date
US 4,627,094	Electronic audio signal processor	Compression	June 17, 1985
US 4,809,337	Audio noise gate	Smart Gate	June 20, 1986
US 4,752,960	Audio processing circuit	Autoclean	June 20, 1986

XP series

Patent #	Title	Application	File date
US 5,133,015	Method and apparatus for processing an audio signal	XPR	Jan. 22, 1990

Nota: These pdf files were downloaded from www.freepatentsonline.com. Freepatentsonline offers free searchable patents database services, accessible after free registration.